| The trial continues. Herewith some of his side of the story, however airbrushed it might be. The rest can be read at the link. |
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
because he wanted to study in Britannia to become the new David Attenborough.
Ahmed Hassan
| ...the problematic foster child who gave his name in full to the court as 'Ahmed Hassan Mohammad Ali'. Several months before leaving a bomb on the train, the known wolf was referred to a government de-radicalization program... |
But the 18-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker has now told jurors that he was never taken prisoner by Isis and had not had any contact with the terror group.
Asked why he made up the story, the media student told the court: 'Because I came from a wealthy, safe area in northern Iraq in Kurdistan and if I told the truth, my only reason to leave the country was to further my studies ... I felt I had to make up something strong.
'In the Jungle in Calais, people used to talk about these things and make up stories. I never came across a refugee who said he would tell the truth when he arrived in the country.
Hassan said he never intended the bomb to kill, adding: 'The idea of killing another human being never crossed my mind at all, never in my life.
He said the device was intended to burn rather than explode and added: 'My final destination was home. That was the fantasy in my head. I would be chased and I would not be caught and I would be on the news and I would go home.'